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      Title: Dark Chocolate Cheesecake
 Categories: Chocolate
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
           KAREN ADLER   (FNGP13B)
           Vanilla cookie crust (see
           Index)
      5    Squares simisweet chocolate
      3 pk (8-oz each) cream
           Cheese; softened
    3/4 c  Sugar
      3    Whole; smilin' eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 c  Dairy sour cream
 
  IS IT CHEESECAKE; OR IS IT FUDGE?

  1.  Prepare Vanilla Cookie Crust:
  press mixture evenly onto bottom and 2 inches up side of a buttered
  9-inch springform pan.
  
  2.  Melt chocolate over hot, not boiling, water; cool.
  
  3.  Preheat oven to very slow (275 F).

  4.  Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl with
  electric mixer until smooth. Stir in cooled melted chocolate and
  sour cream until blended.  Pour into prepared pan.

  5. Bake in preheated very slow oven (275 F) for 1 hour and 45
  minutes. Turn off heat; let cake cool in oven with door ajar.  Remove
  from oven to wire rack; cool to room temperature; refrigerate.

  Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls, if you wish.
  
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